The Night Attack, from the Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Youchi Chûshingura), cut from one sheet of the series Mirror of Drama in Cutouts (Harimaze jôruri kagami)

交張浄瑠璃鏡　「夜討　忠臣蔵」

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)

Japanese

Edo period

1854 (Kaei 7/Ansei 1), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Harimaze, cut from vertical ôban sheet; 13.2 x 10.7 cm (5 3/16 x 4 3/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.8771

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 251, ôban #53.3

DescriptionFrom a sheet with five pictures.
MFA impressions: 21.8771 (TR), 21.8772 (TL), 21.8773 (TC), RES.49.8 (uncut sheet)

Signed (this picture unsigned)